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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1963
Page
2
Sunset at 6 56 p m and sunrise at 4 36 a m. The Moon rises at 3 41 p m and is in apogee with a full moon on June 7. Saturn rises at 11 49 p m and moves slowly westward through the sky.
Decatur area reports 21.54 feet on the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge, up 12 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 555.84 feet. TVA lake levels listed. forecast calls for fair, mild weather, tonight sunny with gusty winds, Monday mostly sunny with little temperature change. Easterly winds 8 to 16 mph, gusts to 25 mph. High today near 90 degrees.
Senate action stalls on a bill to let the governor hire special attorneys and pay them from department funds. Highway Director Ed Rodgers cites 36 delayed road projects in 11 counties due to lack of attorneys for right of way suits. House members mock the Senate with a pay cut proposal for senators. Attorney General Flowers calls the bill a power grab and patronage.
A compact listing of patient names and addresses includes dismissals and hospital entries. Names such as Master Jeffrey Glenn Baker Wabash Ind Master Johnny Lavert Riggs Mount Hope and Mrs Florence Scott Madison appear among others with various street addresses in Decatur and nearby areas.
Herbert Anders of 1820 College Street and Mrs. M P Beck of Moulton are noted in a brief readable notice. No further details are provided in the fragment.
A long list of Cullman area residents and possible officials or signees is presented, including Willard Woodrow Goodwin and Frederick Otto Lankford in Cullman, plus multiple households from Hanceville, Vine Mountain, Crane Hill, and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Bessie Lee Nickalls, Mrs. Susie Kniphter, Mrs. Martha Ellen Williams, Mrs. Lila Burney Andrews, Mrs. Betty Jean Poole, Myrton Reed, and Virgil Charlie Corley among others, with several locations and duplexed surnames.
Charles Shockley, 20, formerly of Elkmont Alabama, drowned in a private pond near Min Hill Tennessee Saturday afternoon. He had gone swimming with his pregnant wife and brother-in-law. he reportedly panicked after a dive and drowned. His body was recovered two hours later and taken to Bennett Mays Funeral Home in Pulaski Tennessee. Son of Mr and Mrs Leon Shockley of Elkmont.
A Decatur resident, Dan Elliott, 52, was treated and dismissed at Decatur General Hospital after a two car collision on Ala. 20 three miles west of Morgan. He rode as a passenger in a 1951 Ford driven by Carl Elliott, 24, of Decatur. the other vehicle was a 1956 Chevrolet driven by Jessie Kelley, 38, of Hillsboro. The wreck occurred at 5 30 p.m. with total property damage estimated at 400 dollars.
More than 800 languages and dialects are spoken in India. About 40 percent of the population speak Urdu or Hindi.
Negro groups announce planned picketing of NBC Meet the Press at Rockefeller Center in New York where Gov. George Wallace is to appear. About 350 rally participants urged to join the protest citing treatment in white man’s courts. CORE and church leader calls for demonstrations. NAACP undecided. Program set for 5 p.m. on WMSL-TV Channel 23.
Wallace pledges law and order as 2000 federal troops stand near Fort McClellan to back possible use in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. The segregationsist governor plans to defend the campus under state sovereignty, noting the university’s Civil War role as a Confederate training site.
A two car collision south of Hillsboro injures Garth William Stewart 16 Harvey Lee Hitt 25 and Mrs Madgie Ann Hitt 23. Both cars a 1955 Chevrolet and a 1956 Oldsmobile suffered total losses. The crash occurred about 9 30 p m with victims transported to Lawrence County Hospital.
A Friday march in downtown drew a clash as police confronted demonstrators. Authorities loaded marchers onto trucks, with many under eighteen released to guardians after custody.
Flint City council clash over mayoral salary and legal minutes erupts as Mayor Day denounces Ordinance 22 which transfers bank funds to a special account and limits signatories. Council members demand minutes, inspect checks, and ponder court dates while audit amid town records unfolds. Mayor Day insists signing authority rests with him. Miles Powell contends council can set court dates. ongoing audit by Frank Holle unsettles records.
Hulon D. Cockrell has been named assistant to the president of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. A Decatur native, he graduated from Decatur High in 1943 and earned a science and education degree from Florence State College in 1951. He previously led industrial activity at Temco Electronics and Missile Co. in Dallas, worked for Mobile Oil, and served four years with the FBI in Washington. He attends the Methodist Church, belongs to the American Society for Industrial Security, and is married to Virginia Myers of Nauvoo.
Drama unfolded in Vatican City as Pope John XXIII drifted in and out of consciousness.Cardinals and relatives gathered as reports fluctuated. at 3 a.m. he briefly revived, spoke with kin, and sipped coffee before slipping back into unconsciousness and death looming again.
A 24 year old Vinemont woman, Betty Sue Walker, died at Cullman Hospital after a two vehicle collision on U S 278 nine miles west of Cullman at 7 15 p m Saturday. Her husband James Walker 28 of Vinemont also in the car with 1955 Chevrolet was injured and treated. The other driver William Wedley 29 of Cullman drove a 1956 Chevrolet. Both drivers were treated and dismissed. Funeral services are pending Moss Service Funeral Home.
County officials announce surplus food commodities will be distributed next week in Moulton Speake Hillsboro Wheeler Courtland Town Creek Mount Hope and Hatton. Distributions run 8 a.m. to noon each day from Monday through Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Talmadge W Layton of 1310 9th Ave SE welcomed a daughter Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
Powell said a meeting to discuss the report is planned between the council, Mayor Day, and his attorneys Albert Brewer and Ralph Slate. He hopes Holle will attend, and Holle plans to release the audit to Judge Powell soon after conferring with both parties.
District Diary reports two Athens building permits issued by the City Clerk. One to Tom Corum for a five room brick house at a $15,000 valuation. The other to W B Buchanan for a 10 by 28 foot addition to a building on East Pryor Street.
Vacation Bible School at Trinity Baptist Church runs June 3 to 7 with classes from 8 30 to 11 30 a m each day.
Mr and Mrs William Cost of Hartselle will travel to Tuscaloosa for Sunday activities at the University of Alabama. Their son in law is to receive the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the commencement exercises.
A neighbor saw a man loading bricks from a lot at 2101 Somerville Rd around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The pickup truck used was stolen from C. M. Morris. no description of the suspect is available.
Most U.S. states require a bachelor's degree for elementary school teachers, but seven states do not. The variation affects teacher qualifications, licensure requirements, and classroom staffing across districts.
Police interviewed Leonard A Hogan after four men allegedly took gifts from his car at Trinity and fled with a top coat a suit coat and three knife gift sets valued at 40 dollars and 60 dollars. Henry Bledsoe reported a 1957 Plymouth theft at the fairgrounds with a black checked suit coat and dark rimmed glasses. Harding College awarded 170 degrees including Elliott Tyler and Jane Russell Davenport, with Davenport serving as a missionary in Ghana.
Area sparked by a personal feud between Governor Wallace and Attorney General Richmond Flo wers. Turner calls for focus on congressional redistricting. Sen. Gilchrist accuses Wallace of dictatorial tactics and praises Limestone and Madison delegations and Rep. Ralph Slate for taking a stand. Horton declines support for a resolution praising Wallace and hopes no trouble in Tuscaloosa. Brewer notes discussions and Wallace vows to use all means to prevent violence amid school integration debates at the University of Alabama.
Haggai 37 is an ordained Southern Baptist minister who entered evangelism in 1957 after pastoring in South Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky. A Furman University graduate he preached at colleges and seminaries with his last pastorate at Ninth and O Baptist Church Louisville where 11 missions were established. He authored How To Win Over Worry and The Tragedy of the Unfinished. Married to Christine Cox Barker of Bristol Virginia he has one son.
Mrs Eula Stringer 68 Somerville died Saturday at 10 20 am in a local hospital Services Monday 230 pm Valhermoso Christian Church Rev Ray McCullough officiating Burial Valhermoso cemetery Peck Funeral Service directing Survivors include widower Roy Stringer six daughters Mrs Lars Muzzy Decatur Mrs Lois Brown Somerville Mrs Grace Smith Waldemose Springs Mrs Eron Starling Jacksonville Fla Mrs Elsie Chunn Lansing Mich Mrs Ester Fenstermacher Big Rapids Mich two sons Orrin G Waldemose Olney Decatur 2 24 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren Pallbearers Ronald Jennings Bud Murphy M D Barnes Paul Thomas David Hill Gene Paul Dudley Body at residence after 9 am today
The service for Sherrill Edward Wey 50 of 221 4th Ave SW will be at 3 30 p m at Westside Presbyterian Church with Rev Wayne David and Rev Elree Waddell officiating. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home in charge. Body lies in state 2 30 to 3 30 p.m. Pallbearers named Flavis Suggs Elmer Bishop Jimmy Ferguson Stewart Weaver Floyd Elkins Bob Brunton.
Funeral services are set for Cynthia Naves three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Naves Elkmont 1 who died Friday afternoon after being struck in the head by an emery rock at home Rev P C Abernathy will officiate at New Garden Pentecostal Church at 2 p m Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery Elkmont with Spry Funeral Home Athens directing Survivors include her parents one brother Richie one sister Connie Ann and grandparents Mrs W L Naves Elkmont 1 and Mr and Mrs Elmer Putman Elkmont 2
Funeral services for Reason Dutton aged 95 of Moulton 2, who died Saturday night at his son Obie Duttons residence, will be announced later by Elliott Brown Service Funeral Home.
Athens Limestone County Chamber of Commerce President Leonard W Moyers approved a tourism and convention committee. The panel includes Buddy Gilbert as chairman Homer Mc Lemore as vice chairman and directors J L Lewter C W Bailey J W Bennett A P Black Charles Butler W H Caughran M J Easter John R Hertzler J C Holmes Donald Riggins J A Rithmire J Burton Stroupe and W T Yarbrough.
The monarch butterfly travels about 10 miles per hour and can reach speeds up to 30 miles per hour in short bursts. This range highlights its steady glide and sudden sprint capability.
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